laug

Estonian

Etymology

Noun

laug (genitive lau, partitive laugu)

  1. lid, eyelid

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /løyːɣ/
  • Rhymes: -øyːɣ

Noun

laug f (genitive singular laugar, nominative plural laugar)

  1. bath, pool
  2. hot spring, warm spring, a naturally warm pool with temperatures around 20-50°C

Declension
declension of laug
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laug laugin laugar laugarnar
accusative laug laugina laugar laugarnar
dative laug lauginni laugum laugunum
genitive laugar laugarinnar lauga lauganna

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)

  1. craft union
  2. (historical) guild
Compounds
  • laugsbror
  • laugsvesen
  • laugsånd

Etymology 2

From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of lørdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)

  1. (dated) bath, wash

References
  • “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /læʉɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)

  1. craft union
  2. (historical) guild
Compounds
  • laugsbror
  • laugsvesen
  • laugsånd

Etymology 2

From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of laurdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)

  1. (dated) bath, wash

Verb

laug

  1. imperative of lauga

Etymology 3

Verb

laug

  1. past tense of ljuga and ljuge
  2. past tense of lyga and lyge

References
  • “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lugъ.

Noun

laug

  1. meadow near a river
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